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Air Methods Corp. provides air medical transportation services throughout the United States and design, manufacture, and install medical aircraft interiors and other aerospace and medical transport products. It operates through two divisions: Air Medical Services and United Rotorcraft division. The Air Medical Services division provides air medical transportation services to the general population as an independent service and to hospitals or other institutions under exclusive operating agreements. Its services include aircraft operation and maintenance, medical care, dispatch and communications, and medical billing and collection. The United Rotorcraft division designs, manufactures, and installs aircraft medical interiors and other aerospace and medical transport products for domestic and international customers. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO. [...] more

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